The natural end of hedonism is narcissism.
I pray that Bitcoiners do not meet this fate.
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GM, I'll bet the merchants that use Zaprite are way more familiar with Bitcoin and do more business with Bitcoin than the Square terminal merchants.
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#Bitcoin Tech Talk #450
Bitcoin Tech Talk #450
Interesting Stuff
Real courage means a willingness to suffer. And so few people have it.
GM, I'm invited to a bunch of graduation parties for my friends' kids. I'm giving them all Bitcoin and telling them to hold it until they graduate.
GM, block 900,000 is less than two weeks away.
Meat-za for Pizza Day
GM, especially in Moscow, where it's 9am.
GM, we're already learning that identifying nodes is as important as identifying transactions in the Relay War.
GM. If you're comparing yourself to the average, you're doing it wrong.
I know that the new River report says that 50M Americans own Bitcoin, but that's probably an underestimate, as the real Bitcoiners have all lost their Bitcoin in tragic boat accidents.
Meh, Boomers are bad, but the previous generations that brought two world wars and central banks all over the world were worse.
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#Bitcoin Tech Talk #449
Bitcoin Tech Talk #449
Interesting Stuff
I wasn't a filterer until a week ago when I started looking at the data. But now I think nodes should have the option of using them much more than they are.
Nostr is the real world computer.
GM, part of learning how to think from first principles is killing your heroes.
GM, your mind is the biggest attack surface for the security of your Bitcoin.
The strategy of the day seems to be, "Let's explain harder."
What if the people that disagree with you already understand? Maybe it's not a matter of explaining, but genuine fundamental disagreement?
GM, every bull market, somebody prominent goes bankrupt. I haven't seen one yet.